Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Österreich/September 2018

September 2018 Report

KulTour Laxenburg

Basics in a nutshell: Wikipedia authors and photographers visiting the International Anti-Corruption Academy and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Lower Austria, by invitation of Wikipedian-in-Residence WiR IACA; a community-building activity: bringing together newer editors/editors who don't know other editors and our "regulars" volunteer organizers: Geolina, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: co-organization including invitations, travel costs

Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness

Metrics participants : 10 diversity : 3 (3 women)

More information → Project page in German-language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikipedia Commons

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EU advocacy: Campaigning for the Copyright reform

Basics in a nutshell: support and PR around the #savetheinternet demonstrations of partner institutions in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck; participation on a public panel on the effects of the proposed reform in Vienna, support and PR for partner events and panel discussions, meeting with Austrian MEPs from all major political parties, to discuss implications for Wikimedia; curating the speakers list for the Event "The Internet as Public Domain" with the Austrian Chamber of Labour what we contributed to this activity: staff time, coordination

Program Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness

Metrics participants : 250 diversity : 80

More information → Event page Digitalks panel → Street action in Austria → Meeting with Austrian government and conservative MEP → Panel and networking event in Linz → Gemeingut Internet

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Upper Austrian Townscape Fair in Moosbach

Basics in a nutshell: presentation of Wikipedia and of Wikimedia Austria's projects related to regional culture like WikiDaheim, in addition visits to museums in the region and taking photographs there. volunteer organizers: Karl Gruber, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: organization of and costs for fair booth, travel costs	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 194 (direct contacts with people interested)	More information → Project page in the German language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikipedia Commons

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WikiDienstag 2018-09-04

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time the monthly public Wikipedia consultation for newbies with experienced users volunteer organizers: Gugerell what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks, participation in the consultation	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 5 diversity : 2 (2 women)	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

WikiDienstag 2018-09-11

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time dedicated to Wikiversity in Austria. volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 10	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

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wiki ♥ vielfalt Edit-a-thon in Linz

Basics in a nutshell: monthly event series for inclusive community building in Linz, Upper Austria what we contributed to this activity: organization (incl. travel costs for one staff member), snacks and drinks, give-aways	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 7 newly registered : 1 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 1 (1 new German-language Wikipedia article) diversity : 3 (3 women)	More information → Project page in the German language Wikipedia

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WikiDienstag 2018-09-18

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time with a recap of one photographer's experiences at the Climbing World Championships and an in-depth discussion about geocoding. volunteer organizers: Tsui what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 8 diversity : 2 (2 women)	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Wikiversity workshop in Vienna

Basics in a nutshell: Wikipedia workshop for 4 university students at WMAT's office in the context of Wikiversity Austria volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: room, consultation	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 4 newly registered : 4 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 1 (1 new German-language Wikipedia article) diversity : 4 (4 women)	More information → German-language Wikipedia article written collaboratively during the workshop

WikiDienstag 2018-09-25

Basics in a nutshell: regular community meet-up in WMAT's office; this time open editing volunteer organizers: Funke what we contributed to this activity: equipped room in our office, snacks/drinks	Program Community Support Free Content
Metrics participants : 3 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 2 (2 improved German-language Wikipedia articles)	More information → WikiDienstag in the German-language Wikipedia

Workshop Train the Trainers with Amnesty International Austria

Basics in a nutshell: a workshop to introduce trainers of the Amnesty Academy to Wikipedia/Wikimedia in general as well as to editing and creating articles, contributing images etc. what we contributed to this activity: Concept and contents.	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 8 newly registered : 5 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 1 (one new article in de.wikipedia) diversity : 5 (5 women)	More information → Media files on Wikipedia Commons

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Wikiversity: KinderuniKunst

Basics in a nutshell: Wikiversity and Wikipedia editing as integral part of a university course by the University of Vienna, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the New Design University St. Pölten and other cooperation partners in the fields of arts and culture volunteer organizers: Agruwie, Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: co-organisation, information material

Program Community Support Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness

Metrics participants : 14 newly registered : 13 diversity : 11 (11 women)

More information → Course page in German-language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikimedia Commons

GLAM on Tour: Senckenberg Museum in Görlitz

Basics in a nutshell: lectures, Commons photography and Wikipedia edit-a-thon the Senckenberg Museum in Görlitz, Germany what we contributed to this activity: travel grant for 1 Austrian participant	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 1	More information → Project page in German-language Wikipedia → Media files on Wikimedia Commons

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Wikidata workshop in Vienna

Basics in a nutshell: an introduction to Wikidata and SPARQL, from basic concepts to applications like the visualization of complex data queries volunteer organizers: Tobias1984, Jean-Frédéric what we contributed to this activity: Organization, staff time, cost of external support	Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness
Metrics participants : 9 newly registered : 4 content pages without media files and pages using media files: 5 (translations of data sets on WikiData) diversity : 5 (2 women, 3 foreigners)	More information → Event page on WikiData

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Austrian Monuments Day 2018

Basics in a nutshell: presenting Wikipedia and Wikimedia Austria, especially our projects to reach new authors and contributors and the photo contest WikiDaheim, as guests of Federal Monuments Office at their rooms at Vienna Hofburg; additionally supporting photographers who travelled through Austria to take pictures of monuments volunteer organizers: Regiomontanus what we contributed to this activity: Staff time, technical equipment, promotional material.

Program Community Support Free Content Reach / Free Knowledge Awareness

Metrics participants : ca. 1000 contacts at Hofburg, ca. 200 conversations

More information → Tag des Denkmals (official site)

Supported media files and pages using media files

Basics in a nutshell: supported media files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons from 2018-09-01 to 2018-09-30 volunteer organizers: Geiserich77, Granada, Haeferl, Huhu Uet, Jcornelius, LH, Raboe001, Sandro Halank, Simon04, Steindy, TheRunnerUp, Tsui; Krd, Svema, Pistenwolf, MarkusFelix and 2eight for Festivalsommer what we contributed to this activity: equipment from our tech pool, accreditations for events, travel grants, post-processing software, skill transfer activities and/or support related to other activities

Program Free Content

Metrics new files :9,318 pages with files : 2.598* quality : 94 (featured: 2, quality: 92) useful content : 888 versatile content : 1,767 – last checked: 2018-10-18 and 2019-02-15 * the tool GLAMorous 2 is not working for a couple of months now; therefore this number is only a calculation based upon the results from Jan to Jun 2018: 1 versatile content ≙ 1.47 pages with files

More information → Category:Supported by Wikimedia Österreich on Wikimedia Commons

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